FLASHBULB MEMORY
the term that is given to any memory that is associated with a personally significant or emotional event. These memories…
FOLK BILINGUALISM
a type of bilingualism that is associated with working-class immigrant communities where the native language is primarily oral and its…
FORM PERCEPTION
a term that is applied to the perception of a two-dimensional retinal image as a coherent three-dimensional form and entity.
FRAME OF REFERENCE
1. Social psychology. the set of assumptions or criteria that a person or group judges ideas, actions and experiences. 2.…
FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY
the property of a system that allows it to be tunes to respond to certain frequencies that give a better…
FUNCTIONAL PLASTICITY
1. Adaptive change. 2. Ability of one part of our brain to adapt to losing another part. One hemisphere will…
GAMBLER'S FALLACY
failure to recognise a chance event and gives the belief that an outcome can be predicted that is based on…
GENDER DYSPHORIA
the term that applies to the discontent with the physical or social aspects of a person's own sex. See also…
GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME (GAS)
This has 3 stages. 1. alarm has shock and countershock phase and can trigger fight or flight. 2.resistance stabilising physiological…
GENITALIZATION
1. Psychoanalytic theory. Focus of the libido on non-sexual objects that resemble or symbolise the sex organs. See fetish. 2.…
GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
Behavior oriented toward attaining a particular goal. Identified by observing that the animal or person ceases search behaviour and engages…
GROSS MOTOR
These are the activities and skills using the large muscles to move our limbs and trunk. They control balance and…
GUILFORD-ZIMMERMAN TEMPERAMENT SURVEY (GZTS)
Measures 10 traits of personality: ascendance, sociability, friendliness, thoughtfulness, personal relations, masculinity, objectivity, general activity, restraint and emotional stability. 300…
INTERMODAL MATCHING
the name for the ability to recognise an object initially inspected with one modality or sense like touch and via…
INTERSEGMENTAL ARC REFLEX
Fibers of sensory neurons or interneurons that are formed and travel from one spinal segment to another and use motor…
INTRAROLE CONFLICT
Incompatibility caused by conflict among behaviours and expectations associated with a single role. The inherent complexity may result in inconsistencies…
INVERTED-U HYPOTHESIS
Performance and motivation and the proposed correlation between them, the performance is poorest when motivation or arousal at very high…